Antimicrobial potentials of Catharanthus roseus by disc diffusion assay

Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 833-840

  Bakht, Jehan ^a   Syed, Fatema ^a   Shafi, Mohammad ^a  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Antifungal; C. roseus; Disc diffusion assay

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BUTANOL; CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS EXTRACT; CHLOROFORM; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLOTRIMAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; HEXANE; METHANOL; WATER; PLANT EXTRACT;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ATROPHAEUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH INHIBITION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; CATHARANTHUS; DRUG EFFECTS; ERWINIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; PLANT; SHIGELLA BOYDII;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CATHARANTHUS; ERWINIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SHIGELLA BOYDII; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84929206787     PISSN: 1011601X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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